compañía

/kompaˈɲia/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
las compañías

Meaning

  1. company

    • Trabaja en una compañía de seguros.

      He works for an insurance company.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: collective.

Similar words

empresa

compañía is slightly more formal and broad, and can include non-business companies, like a theater company; empresa specifically means a business enterprise.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

companhia

companhia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "company."

Portuguese

empresa

empresa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "company."

Practice

1 What does compañía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trabaja en una ___ de seguros.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches compañía?

noun

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